Door-hanger.



G. T. BUDDLE. 11003 HANGER. APPLICATION FILED 0013.11, 1911.

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DOOR HANGER.

APPLIOATION FILED OGT.11, 1911.

Patented Dec. 10, 1912.

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GEORGE '1. BUDDLE, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DOOR-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1912.

Application filed October 11, 1911. Serial No. 654,068.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE T. BUDDLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Door-Hanger, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to hangers espe cially adapted for use inconnection with elevator doors and the like, one of the objects of theinvention being to provide a hanger which is simple in construction andwhich is provided with a tiltable carriage the parts of which are somounted and proportioned as to prevent the wheels from jumping ofi ofthe track on which they are mounted should the door be jolted oraccidentally raised from any cause.

A further object is to provide an improved form of track for supportingthe carriage.

Another object is to provide simple means for attaching the carriage tothe head of the hanger.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescriptionproceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings :Figure 1 is a side elevation of the upper portion of adoor having connected to it hangers constructed in accordance with thepresent invention, said hangers being supported by a track parts ofwhich are broken away. Fig. 2 is an enlarged section on line AB Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section through the middle portion ofthe carriage and the adjacent portion of the hanger head. Fig. 4: is aplan view of the carriage, portions thereof being shown in section. Fig.5 is a side elevation of the carriage and adjacent portions of thehanger, one position of the carriage relative to the hanger beingindicated by dotted lines. Fig. 6 is a view of the blank from which thehanger is formed. Fig. 7 is an enlarged transverse section through oneof the wheels. Fig. 8 is an enlarged transverse section through thepivot pin of the carriage and the spacing sleeve thereon.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates achannel member constituting the track on which the carriage of thehanger is adapted to travel, there being a smooth strip 2 of steel orother hard material seated in and extending longitudinally of thechanneled member and constituting a wear strip. An apron 3 is arrangedalong the bottom of the channel member 1 at one edge thereof and isconnected to said member by brackets 4 bolted or otherwise secured tothe parts. End castings 5 or the like are connected to the end portionsof the apron 3and carry cushions 6 of rubber or othersuitable softmaterial, these cushions being located below the apron 3.

The hanger consists of a flat plate 7 adapted to extend below the apron3 and above the channel member 1, said plate being provided, at itsupper end, with an inverted U-shaped head '8 located adjacent the centerof the plate and carrying a pivot pin 9 supported at both ends by saidhead. The elongated U-shaped frame 10 of the carriage is pivotallymounted upon this pin and lies close to the opposed walls of the head,and a sleeve 11 is mounted on the pin 9 and bears at its ends againstopposite sides of the frame 10, this sleeve being secured to the pin 9by a cotter pin 12 or the like extending through the sleeve and the pin9. Thus it will be seen that longitudinal displacement of the pivot pin9 is prevented but said pin can be easily removed in the event of wearor breakage simply by detaching the cotter pin 12.

Supporting wheels 13 are journaled with in the end portions of the frame10 and each wheel is preferably formed of oppositely disposed similardisks riveted or otherwise connected together, as shown in Fig. 7, thetwo rings cooperating to form a race 14: therebetween in whichanti-friction balls 15 are mounted and adapted to contact with thebearing pin 16 extending transversely within the frame 10. An anglestrip 17 is riveted or otherwise secured to the lower edge portion ofthe plate 7 and is supported close to but out of contact with the loweredge of the apron 3. This strip 17 is adapted to lap and to be securedto the upper edge portion of a door A. By referring to Fig. 1 it will beseen that the top of each angle strip 17 has a tongue 18 extendingbeyond the adjacent end of the door A, said tongue having an upturnedfree end adapted to contact with the apron 3 above the path thereof whenthe door is tilted. By bending this tongue the upward movement of thedoor relative to the rail can be limited so as to prevent the wheels ofthe carriage from lifting out of the channel member 1.

By referring particularly to Fig. 5 it will be seen that the frame 10 ofthe carriage is mounted off center, the arched or crown portion of theframe being at a greater distance from the pivot pin 9 than is the otherend of said frame. The arched or crown portion of the frame thus acts asa weight to maintain one of the wheels constantly in the channel member1 should the door he jarred upwardly with such force as to lift theother wheel from the channel member.

It is to be understood that a hanger such as herein described is to beconnected preferably to each upper corner of a door and by mounting thesupporting wheels within tiltable carriages and providing the tongues 18which cooperate with apron 3 to limit the upward movement of the doorrelative to the rail, it will be seen that there is no danger of thecarriage becoming derailed and, should any of the working parts becomeworn so as to make derailment possible, the tongues 18 can be bentfarther upward toward the apron 3 so as to further restrict the upwardmovement of the door such as produced when the door is jolted.

Lateral swinging of the door is of course prevented by the hanger plate7 bearing against the apron 3.

Cushions 6 are adapted to be contacted by the corner portions of thedoor.

What is claimed is 1-- 1. A door hanger including a head at the upperend thereof, a carriage pivotally mounted within the head, andsupporting wheels journaled within the end portions of the carriage,said carriage being mounted off center.

2. A hanger including a head, a journal mounted within the head, acarriage frame pivotally mounted off center upon said journal, meanswithin the frame and engaging said journal for holding the same againstremoval from the head and frame, and supporting wheels journaled withinthe frame.

3. The combination with a hanger head, of a pivot pin movablelongitudinally therein, a. U-shaped carriage frame pivotally mounted onthe pin, a sleeve upon the pin and hearing at its ends against the innerfaces of the sides of the carriage frame, means extending through thesleeve and pin for holding the sleeve and carriage frame againstmovement longitudinally of the pin and for holding the pin againstdisplacement in the head, and supporting wheels journaled within the endportions of the frame.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' GEORGE T. BUDDLE.

Witnesses CHARLES E. BALL, F. J. ZEBO.

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